To those who painted their center trim pieces:

[Sodium Duck]

How did you take apart the air vent directional things to paint? Did you leave them in place, or take them completely apart?

I just painted my temperature control knob bezel thing - that was easy. 150 grit, 400 grit, 2 coats of primer, about 5 coats of flat black, looks good so far.

Emblems are up next!

[TinyGiant]

i took the bezel off the air vents.. i didnt paint them .. i like them being whiteish in color..
http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/images/funkygarage/594/IMG_3562.jpg

[Sodium Duck]

Hm, when I took my dash apart, the air vents came off with that dash piece. Well, I've got a lot of fiddling to do lol.

Here's a teaser pic so far. I can't wait to get my 2009 black climate control knobs - gonna look hot!

[Sodium Duck]

Note: Be very careful when pulling apart the air directional control things. They have these tiny little inserts into a linkage, and they break off very easily...

[Sodium Duck]

So here's some pics. This is what I did for all the pieces I'm painting.

Took some 150 grit sand paper, and scuffed everything up really good.

Took some 400 grit sand paper and made it all really smooth.

Two coats of primer. Then 5+ coats of flat black (I lost count I did so many).

Also, have a pic of the easiest way to paint those damn little air vent things. I hate painting small things.

Oh, and I was able to epoxy on the little piece I broke off. haha

[Sodium Duck]

lalalaaa, I hate sanding!

[Sodium Duck]

Just did two more coats to the upper trim piece. Installed the lower trim piece into the car. Lookin' good!

[yarisugi]

Can you go straight to 400 grit and skip the 150?

[Sodium Duck]

If you have like 9,000 sheets of 400 and a case of booze... It's gonna take a long time to scuff it up enough.

[Yaris_PR]

Note: Be very careful when pulling apart the air directional control things. They have these tiny little inserts into a linkage, and they break off very easily...

That's happen to me...I broke every one. :frown:

Your doing a very nice job there...:clap:

[CTScott]

Now that you're painting the radio trim, when get your new HU and HAM radio, you can make your own 180mm opening one with some bondo.

[Crandall]

Are you going to seal it with anything?

After seeing the effort you've put in kinda makes me glad I got a Canadian RS and saved myself the trouble. Everything is already black.

[nerd_vitZ]

how did you paint the a/c dials? where the numbers/pics are at.

[Sodium Duck]

how did you paint the a/c dials? where the numbers/pics are at.

Which?

[Sodium Duck]

I thought about it a lot, and I think I actually like it better being wider. The bondo will have to be somebodies elses project, lol.



I'm not sealing it. I like it all flat and raw looking like that. About 10 coats of paint, I think it'll hold up... haha.

[ROCKLAND TOYOTA]

After seeing the effort you've put in kinda makes me glad I got a Canadian RS and saved myself the trouble. Everything is already black.
i did the opposite and ordered all the canadian RS trim pieces....

[Sodium Duck]

A-pillar's, etc. too?

How much?

Pics of your interior?

[Sodium Duck]

done-ski

[WeeYari]

A1 job. What paint did you use? It's perfect.

[Sodium Duck]

Krylon Indoor/Outdoor Flat Black

$4.00/can at WalMart

[CTScott]

That looks so much better than the out-of-place silver, especially with the 09 knob!

[jinxor]

yes... that is a nice idea... I might as well hop on the DIY and do iti myself....

[tk-421]

@Sodium Duck: Looks great! How much will it cost to get all three 09 knobs? I think I'm gonna do the same thing to my car. :thumbsup:

[Sodium Duck]

Thanks for the props everybody.

TK, it'll prolly be like 150ish. The one I bought was about 40, then the other two are about 50 each.

[LtNoogie]

I thought that I would not like it when I started reading your post but the flat black looks really good.

[Norkotik]

that shit looks tight

[bzinn 1]

looks great......I gotta do the 09 knob mod too.....same knobs are in the xD as well.

[lilredrocket]

After seeing his in flat black it changed my mind from doing mine red to flat black too when installed it looks like it came that way for the factory

[puetato89]

heres mine... i just finished painting the doors ill take a pic and put it on here Way to tired 2 go outside

[falkor_99]

heres mine... i just finished painting the doors ill take a pic and put it on here Way to tired 2 go outside

dude that is sick.....that is what i want to do with mine, but im not sure what blue to do it

[puetato89]

just use the blazin blue paint......paint code: 8T0

[ROCKLAND TOYOTA]

A-pillar's, etc. too?

How much?

Pics of your interior? pillars as well as door panels......

[Pitt Yaris]

i can't wait to do mine in flint mica, and put clearcoat on it, etc.

[Sodium Duck]

heres mine... i just finished painting the doors ill take a pic and put it on here Way to tired 2 go outside

Can't wait to see the doors. What did you do for prep?

[puetato89]

i only did the silver peices on the door
wet sanded with 1000 grit, sprayed bulldog(plastic adhesive promoter), base then clear